Expired: Medical & Dental Servicing Section Technician (MDSS)

The main tasks and responsibilities of the post are:-

• Inspection, installation, servicing and repair of various types of Medical, Dental & Veterinary equipment held by MoD customer units.
• Plan scheduled equipment programs for the MDSS team including liaison with customer.
• Diagnosis of faults to major component level and specification testing of all Medical & Dental equipment (both Mechanical and Electronic) using MoD publications and Manufacturers manuals.

This position is advertised at 37 hours per week. Monday – Thursday 8:00 – 16:30, Friday 8:00 – 13:00.

Job description

Respond to breakdowns and emergency call-outs as soon as reasonably practical, taking into account priorities and customer target dates.
• Monitor MDSS performance against customer contractual targets.
• To ensure that all Medical and Dental equipment under the responsibility of DECA is maintained to the correct standard i.a.w. JSP 473
• Maintaining and raising all the necessary maintenance and performance records as required in accordance with MoD publications. These consist of both manual and computer records for all work carried out on Medical & Dental equipment; including spares & defect reporting.
• Co-ordinate the provision of spares with MDSS customer and equipment OEM’s.
• Ensure MDSS monthly data is completed and Work in Progress is minimised.
• To ensure compliance with all relevant DECA policies, health, safety and environmental legislation.
• Be responsible for the investigation, completion and maintenance of all associated assessments, inspections and checks.
• To promptly report serious problems and issues that will prevent any maintenance from being completed at the required time to the MDSS Production Manager.
• Create and maintain a positive culture by raising the profile of DECA (Med & Dent) to other DECA employees, customers and contractors.
• Feeding of information back into the Medical & Dental Management Information System
• You will be required to make on the spot engineering decisions on equipment’s, including withdrawal from use where patient or user safety is concerned.
• Scrutiny of relevant safety bulletins and hazard warnings.
• Safety is a primary consideration and work of high integrity is paramount
• Most work is carried out at the customer’s site, so you will be required to hold a full UK driving licence and maintain a high level of driving competence at all times when driving a DECA vehicle

Benefits

• Learning and development tailored to your role
  • An environment with flexible working options
  • A culture encouraging inclusion and diversity
  • A Civil Service pension and significant employer pension contributions
  • 26.5 days holiday per annum rising to 31.5 days after 5 years’ service excluding Bank Holidays
  • Cycle to work Scheme

Things you need to know

Security

Successful candidates must pass a disclosure and barring security check.

Successful candidates must meet the security requirements before they can be appointed. The level of security needed is security check.

See our vetting charter.

People working with government assets must complete basic personnel security standard checks.

Selection process details

This vacancy is using Success Profiles, and will assess your Behaviours, Strengths, Ability, Experience and Technical skills.

At application you will be assessed against the following:

• Strengths
• Personal Statement detailing in no more than 750 words details of experience.

Previous skills gained that demonstrate:

• Leadership qualities
• Effective Working Together
• The ability to manage a High Quality Service.

Application sifting is scheduled to take place on 12th September 2022. If successful you will be invited to interview; the interview will last 50minutes.

Interviews are planned for week commencing 26th September 2022. A minimum of 5 full working days’ notice will be provided for interviews. We endeavour to stick to these dates, but these are subject to change around business needs.

Feedback will only be provided if you attend an interview or assessment.

Nationality requirements

This job is broadly open to the following groups:

• UK nationals
• nationals of Commonwealth countries who have the right to work in the UK
• nationals of the Republic of Ireland
• nationals from the EU, EEA or Switzerland with settled or pre-settled status or who apply for either status by the deadline of the European Union Settlement Scheme (EUSS)
• relevant EU, EEA, Swiss or Turkish nationals working in the Civil Service
• relevant EU, EEA, Swiss or Turkish nationals who have built up the right to work in the Civil Service
• certain family members of the relevant EU, EEA, Swiss or Turkish nationals

Further information on nationality requirements

Working for the Civil Service

The Civil Service Code sets out the standards of behaviour expected of civil servants.

We recruit by merit on the basis of fair and open competition, as outlined in the Civil Service Commission’s recruitment principles.

The Civil Service embraces diversity and promotes equal opportunities. As such, we run a Disability Confident Scheme (DCS) for candidates with disabilities who meet the minimum selection criteria.

The Civil Service also offers a Redeployment Interview Scheme to civil servants who are at risk of redundancy, and who meet the minimum requirements for the advertised vacancy.

Apply and further information

This vacancy is part of the Great Place to Work for Veterans initiative.

Once this job has closed, the job advert will no longer be available. You may want to save a copy for your records.

Contact point for applicants

Job contact :

• Name :Tracy Thomas
• Email :Tracy.Thomas@deca.mod.uk
• Telephone :07966636320

Recruitment team :

• Email :John.Evans@deca.mod.uk

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